Necktie-former.



A. L. SIMPSON.

NECKTIE FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29'' 1914.

Patented May 22, 1917.

(fill/I Simpson- ALBERT LEMUEL SIMPSON, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

NECKTIE-FORMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed July 29, 1914. Serial No. 853,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Necktie- Formers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention. has for its object to provide a simple and efiicient device adapted to be slipped over one end of a fourinhand necktie to a point where the other end is looped to form the knot to insure proper shape of the latter and prevent the tie'from being pulled out of shape.

With this and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of the attachment operatively positioned on a necktie, the latter being shown partly broken away.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the attachment, and

Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates generally the necktie former which is preferably formed from a single piece of resilient metal bent to define the body portion 6 having the lower portion of its longitudinal edge 7 of the rear wall curved inwardly as at 7 to fold the one longitudinal edge of the tie 8 when the attachment is slipped thereover. A laterally projecting arm 9 is formed integral with the upper end of the other longitudinal edge 10 of the front wall, which overlaps the edge 7. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, the upper corner 11 of the body opposite the arm 9 is rounded and rounded to permit of the insertion of one end of the necktie between the edges of the former.

In use, the body (3 is slipped upwardly on the longitudinal edge at one end of the necktie, S, is inserted between the edges 7 and 10 of the former and is pulled downwardly between the edges toward the inwardly curved portion 7 oi the inner edge 7. As the tie is drawn longitudinally in the former, it is gathered in or folded by the inwardly turned portion 7 of the inner edge until the entire necktie is positioned within the former. The outer or looped end oi the tie is then looped in the usual manner about the body (3, extended upwardly behind the latter over the arm E) and douuiwardly be tween said body and the loops of the tie. The outer end of the tie is subsequently drawn moderately tight, as desired. The attachment when properly positioned within the knot of the tie insures proper shape of the latter and permits of the same being quickly and easily untied. The arm 9 lies against the collar of the wearer and effectively prevents the knot of the necktie from twisting or turning out of proper position.

What T. claim is:

A necktie former consisting of a single piece of sheet material curved longitudinally to provide a hollow body portion including front and rear walls having overlapped longitudinal edges, the upper portion of the edge of the rear wall being rounded and spaced a substantial distance from the front wall to facilitate insertion of the edge of a necktie and having the lower portion of said edge of the rear wall turned inwardly and substantially engaged with the front wall, whereby, as the necktie is moved longitudinally between the overlapped edges of the hollow body .it is guided or gathered into said body.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT LEMUEL SIMPSON.

Witnesses O. A. RICHARDSON, F. L. Downs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

